Lunch at ITE

Lunch at ITE is a program intended to generate informal discussions of teaching-related topics.

Initiatives

Faculty are invited to bring their lunch and join a discussion on teaching at the ITE headquarters in CKB G15 (light refreshments are provided by ITE).

2019-2020 "Lunch" at ITE Schedule

Spring 2020

For spring, Lunch at the ITE will be on Thursdays from 12 noon to 1 pm in Central King Building room G15.

  • January, 30: Ecevit Bilgili - Some reflections on project-based learning in a traditional fluid mechanics course and incorporating ABET student outcomes
  • February, 6: Ann Hoang and Blake Haggerty - Reducing college expenses through  the use of open educational resources (OER)
  • February, 13: Neil Maher - Digital Humanities and the Public: Sharing Student Research Beyond the University
  • February, 20: Jay Kappraff - A new way to teach Calculus
  • February, 27: Maurie Cohen - Engaging community partners in student-based projects​
  • March, 5: Gordon Thomas - "Making it stick" to improve long-term learning​
  • March, 12: Canceled
  • March, 26: Canceled​
  • April, 9: James Lipuma - Using student created videos to assess oral presentation skills 
  • April, 16: Ashish Borgaonkar and Jaskirat Sodhi - Update: Using voice technology in the classroom Part 2
  • April, 23: Bob Barat - TBD

Fall 2019

  • September, 24: Padma Natarajan - Tools to engage and assess students in the classroom
  • October, 1: Maria Stanko - Engaging students in assessment by giving them (some) control over grading
  • October, 8: Gordon Thomas - Differences in teaching required and chosen courses
  • October, 15: John Cays, Burcak Altin, and Michael Kehoe - The Kepler CMS: Past, Present, and Future
  • October, 22: Denis Blackmore - A Fractal Primer: A brief illustrated introduction to fractal geometry and some of its many applications, which range from the world of nature to special structures in nonlinear dynamics
  • October, 29: Justin Suriano and Jaskirat Sodhi - Everyone’s a maker: Utilization of NJIT Makerspace for all degree programs
  • November, 5: Megan O’Neill - TBD
  • November, 12: Balraj Subra Mani - Incorporating reverse engineering in the curriculum
  • November, 19: Ashish Borgaonkar and Jaskirat Sodhi - Using voice technology in the classroom
  • December, 3: Matthew Bandelt - Experience with emerging tools for online grading